Milk crate



Dec. 12, 1939. M. c. BOONE 2,183,090

MILK CRATE Filed Oct. 18, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet l M. C. BOONE Dec. l2, 1939.

MILK CRATE Filed Oct. 18, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Jwuvntom Patented Dec. 12, 1939 ENT WE MILK CRATE Marvin 0. Boone, Jackson, Miss.

Application October 18, 1938, Serial No. 235,676

3 Claims.

This invention relates to means for holding ice around milk bottles while the bottlesare in a crate, the general object of the invention being to provide a member having an opening therein for the passage of the bottle with means for holding ice around that part of the bottle projecting above the member, the opening permitting the water from the ice toflow down the bottle below the member.

Another object of the'invention is to provide I a tank in the crate for catching this water and for holding the same around the bottles.

The invention also consists in certain other features of, construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims. In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a crate with the invention associated therewith.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a plan View of a modification.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In these drawings, the letter A indicates a crate having its bottom spaced above the lower edges of its sides with the female stacking lugs a at the lower corners of the crate and the male stacking lugs al at the upper corners thereof. A tank B is located in the crate. The letter C indicates a removable frame which is formed of a plurality of posts I connected together at their upper ends by the bars 2 and connected together at their lower portions by the bars 3. A horizontal plate 4 is supported by the posts above the bars 3 anda plurality of holes 5 is formed in the plate. Transverse and longitudinal partitions are connected to the posts and extend upwardly from the plate and these partitions separate the holes one from another. The partitions may be formed of sheet metal or wire mesh, the latter being shown in the drawings. Of course the posts rest on the bottom of the tank and the plate is arranged so that it will come adjacent the cream line of the bottles passing through the openings 5 and the openings are made slightly larger than the bottles so that the water from. the melting ice can trickle down the sides of the bottles and collect in the tank. Cracked ice is placed around the tops of the bottles and the partitions hold this claims.

ice in place, the slight spaces between the Walls of the openings and the bottles preventing the ice passing through such spaces. The posts should extend above thetops of the bottles to help protect the bottles from breakage and the partitions should extend to the tops of the bottles to hold the ice around the upper parts of thebottles. As will be seen these partitions hold the ice around each bottle, so that when a bottle is lifted through an opening the ice that surrounded the upper part of the bottle will drop through the opening into the tank and this ice will not be wasted but will act to keep the water cold in the tank which 7 is in contact with the remaining bottles. The other parts of the partitions will hold the ice around the upper portions of the remaining bottles.

In the modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6, an ice holder is provided for each bottle in a crate, the holder consisting of a box like member 8 having its top open and having a hole 9 in its bottom into which project the lugs iii connected with the walls of the hole. These lugs have recesses I! in their inner ends shaped to conform with the rounded sides of the bottle. These lugs hold the member with its bottom at approximately the cream line of the bottle and the walls of the hole spaced from the bottle so the ice water can flow down the sides of the bottle.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is-to be understood that changes may be made in the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended What I claim and desire to protect byLetters Patent is:

1.'An icing device for a bottle comprising a horizontal member having a hole therein through which the bottle passes and vertical members connected with the horizontal member and spaced from the hole, said vertical members forming an ice receiving chamber for holding ice in direct contact with the upper portion of the bottle.

2. An icing device for milk bottles comprising a horizontal member having an opening therein for the passage of the bottle, means for holding said member at approximately the cream line of the bottle and vertical members spaced from the opening for holding ice around the upper portion of the bottle and on said horizontal member and in direct contact with the upper portion of the bottle, the Water from the ice passing through the opening and down the sides of the bottle.

3. An icing device for a crate of, milk bottles comprising a frame, a horizontal member supported by the frame and having a plurality of openings therein, one for each bottle, the opening 

